2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhere was Hillary last nite? At a fundraiser with $17 billion Investment Fund
As Clinton Attends Investor Gala, Sanders Tells Iowans, "I'd Rather Be Here With You"Events like the one Clinton attended Wednesday night "are exactly why it feels like American democracy is livin' on a prayer these days," writes columnist.
"Bernie Sanders spoke to an overflow crowd at Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa on Wednesday evening. (Photo: Screenshot/C-SPAN)Bernie Sanders spoke to an overflow crowd at Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa on Wednesday evening. (Photo: Screenshot/C-SPAN)
Bernie Sanders struck a blow against Hillary Clinton's campaign priorities on Wednesday night, noting that while she was attending a fundraising event hosted by a $17 billion investment fund, he was revving up an overflow crowd in Iowa, which holds it primary caucus in just four days.
"My opponent is not in Iowa tonight. She is raising money from a Philadelphia investment firm," Sanders told a crowd of about 1,000 people at the Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa. "Frankly, I would rather be here with you..."
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/28/clinton-attends-investor-gala-sanders-tells-iowans-id-rather-be-here-you
otherwise:
Clintons have taken millions of dollars in speaking fees from the health care industry. According to public disclosures, Hillary Clinton alone, from 2013 to 2015, made $2,847,000 from 13 paid speeches to the industry."
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/13/hillary-clinton-single-payer/
DURHAM D
(32,606 posts)The Democrats need the money.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Bread and Circus
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(8,760 posts)and if you don't provide top notch entertainment.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)while Bernie can gain a million with one simple email campaign. His donors are nowhere near tapped out yet whereas most of hers shot their wad already. If this race goes on for a while, which appears likely, Hillary will absolutely NEED her Super PAC's to enable her to keep campaigning.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Remember that next time someone here tries to pretend single-payer isn't possible.
amborin
(16,631 posts)Clinton tops 2016 field in drug industry donations
By Sarah Ferris - 10/17/15 09:51 AM EDT
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has received more campaign cash from drug companies than any candidate in either party, even as she proudly declares the industry is one of her biggest enemies.
Clinton accepted $164,315 in the first six months of the campaign from drug companies, far more than the rest of the 2016 field, according to an analysis by Stat News.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/257234-clinton-brings-in-most-big-pharma-money-of-2016-field
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(10,237 posts)of "important " people